One Way Or Another: Finding Niall Horan

Chapter 2- 'I'm by your side'

I felt so bad, but not quite sorry. It was the best damn kiss I had ever had, I felt bad because I might have just ruined our friendship but I couldn't take it, what I felt for her was too strong.
But I knew how scared she was of love in her mind such thing didn't exist.
I was just left there under the rain thinking how I would fix things.
I sat down inside the tunnel trying to escape the rain, just thinking but thats when I saw it, her ring.
I grabbed it taking a close look at it, she always wore this ring; it was a Titanium silvered colored band, with an emerald green ivy leaves going around it.
I actually had never asked her what this ring meant to her, I just knew she never took it off, and it meant something to her, I knew I had to give it back.

***Millie's POV***

I had never ran home (or anywhere really) so fast before in my life!
Thankfully and to no surprise there no one was home. I booked it up stairs, to my room locked the door and leaned against it. I slowly went down until I sat on the floor just trying to process the recent events.
Niall, my best friend, had just kissed me, that was my very first kiss. I felt so confused.
Sure Niall was a cutie, and I'm not gonna lie I got a little jealous every time other girls flirted with him.
I might like him but I always put those feelings aside and I gnored them, because there was no way I could fall for him it would ruin our friendship.
Love changes people, I have seen that up front and personal.
Love turns people crazy and it only destroys good bonds and there is no way I want to lose my comfort zone.
I could only remember how it felt, that kiss was full of something I couldn't put a word on but it was something good.
I was such a mess on the floor, so I did the one solution I know what to do when I got issues; I took a long hot shower.
I liked hot showers when my brain is a mess it helps me put my thoughts in place.

One hour of my life in the shower later and I still was a mess.
Mom and Matt got home with take out but I wasn't too hungry and told them I was going to bed.
It was around midnight when I awoke to a noise out side my window, by now everyone was asleep. I got out and saw that there was something that kept hitting my window, I was scared but I maned up, it was maybe a branch or something;except I had no trees in my backyard.
I slowly looked out the curtain and from up here I saw the outline of a person below I almost screamed, but thankfully my eyes had adjusted to the moonlight and saw the all to familiar outline; Niall was throwing small pebbles against my window.
Just the sight of him made my stomach flip. I signaled him to give me a second found a piece of paper and wrote "go to the side of the house to the window that's right below my room, if Matt see's you out there he'd kill us both" Folded it and put a rubber band around it for weight and dropped it out my window.
He picked up and read it, he nodded and ran out to the side of the house.
I put my silk robe my mom got me for my last birthday and very slowly made my way downstairs, Mom's and Matt's room was at the end of the hallway thankfully their door was closed.
I made it to my Mother's office that was below my room, got in quick and made it to the window. He was already there waiting for me.

"what are you doing here at this time?!" I asked him

"I came by to give you this" I opened his palm to reveal my ring!

"You found it!" I took it and placed it in my hand where it belonged. "thank you"

"why does it mean so much to you?" We where speaking softly

"My Mom gave it to me on the last trip we took together before she met Matt. The man who sold it said that it was titanium one of the strongest materials there is, and the Ivy represent fidelity regardless its love and friendship. The Ivy its an evergreen, so it represents to be a love or friendships that last forever it never dies. Since the ivy has an ability to grow in challenging environments and its durable and can withstand harsh conditions it symbolizes our ability to stick to those we love no matter what".
I finished my sentence and looked at up at him "Ironic due to the fact my mom did the opposite,but I still think it has a beautiful meaning too it."

"It does" I knew what he wanted to talk about "Millie about this afternoon"

"It's okay Niall, we can pretend like it never happened" he looked offended

"No Millie! I don't want to pretend it never happened"

"Niall its late and we are gonna wake some one up, thanks for dropping off my ring" I was about to close the window when he climbed in!

"Niall NO! you gotta go"

"Not until you hear me Millie" he locked the door, and sat me down on my mom's desk.
The moon light made it possible to see his every future he was serious, serious conversations with Niall scared me he made so much sense.

"Millie you are scared and I know that, I am scared too, we both haven't seen very success full love cases, but its very real. Deep down I know you know that, I know you have been hurt so much and you see love as something that's meant to hurt people but that's not the case here, Samaria I would NEVER hurt you"

Every time he used my full name, I knew the man meant business. I looked down to see his hands intertwined with mine,It was a perfect fit.

"Niall, that thing changes people, and its going to destroy us and I don't want that. I care about you so much, I don't ever want to lose you!" I felt a tear roll down my cheek which he quickly wiped.

"Don't think like that, Millie you are my best friend but I think we got a real good shot, lets give this a try yeah?" he put his hand under my chin and lifted my face to face him "I will always be by your side, look at me and tell me that you don't feel anything for me."

"I O-"I thought I could say I didn't that it was nothing but friendship but the sincerity on his eyes made me fill up with inner peace and a strenght I never knew I possessed. "I really like you Niall"

He smiled "Good cause I was hoping you would" he gave me a quick peck in the lips. "I gotta go before someone wakes up, sleep tight princess" he left out of my window and I watched him go into the night, and I couldn't help but stand there smiling like a complete and utter idiot.